Ventilating cover for containers



sept. 25,1923. 1,469,169

G. T. MORRIS VENTILATING COVER FOR CONTAINERS Filed April 18, 1.922

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GEORGE T. MORRIS, OF 'MISSOULA, MONTANA, ASSIG-NOR' OF ONE-THIRD `T0 FRIED MADSEN AND ONE-THIRD TO HARRY L. SHAPARD, BOTH OF MISSOLA, MONTANA.

VENTILATING COVER FOR CONTAINERS.'

Application inea April is, 1922. semi No. 555,137'.v

To all whom t may concern: i Be it known that I, GEORGE T. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Missoula, county of Missoula, andState of Montana, have invented new and Improved Ventilating Covers for Containers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers and it pertains more particularly to containers employed forA transporting milk, cream, and the like. Y i

It is one ofthe primary objects of the invention to provide a container of the above# mentioned type in which the interior of the container will be at all times in communication with the exterior thereof to afford properventilation of the contentsV within the container.

It is a well-known factY that cream, milk, and the like, generate gases which have a deleterious effect upon the cream or milk ifconiined therewith, and it is a further object of the invention to so construct a cover for milk containers that the gases generated within the container may be discharged therefrom. f l.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a milk-container equipped with a cover constructed'in accordance with the present invention, a

' portion of the container being broken away in said Figure; f Y

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2.-2 of Fig. 1;l

' Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view takenl on the line 3 3 of Fig. y2.

Referring more particularly Ato ,the draw# e ings, the reference character 5 designates the container and said container is provided with ya contracted neck portion 6 and flaredvportionl, asis common in milk can construction. Handles 8 arev secured to the container at the desired position. Y'

The referenceV character 10 designates the cover for the Vcontainer and said cover is formed with a tapered cylindrical portion vvthe appended 'claimsl 11 and a flaredportion 12, v the cylindrical portion 11 being adapted to frictionally engage the contracted portionV 6 of the con-V i tainer, and the flared portion 'i12 of the cover being adapted Vto engagethe flared portion 7 c of fthe container. kExtending diametrically of the'cover 10 is a tubular member 15,'V and said tubular vmember has l its ends openas indicated bythe reference character 16. Y The lowerV Wallof this tububelow the baseof theflared portion 12 .of

the cover V10,v and the said walls of the; i

tapered portion 1l of the cover 10 are bent'` inwardly 'at diametrically opposite points as indicated-by the-reference character 17 e thermore, the invention providesmeans for i permitting of the escape of gases,..and, Yat the same time, prevents a spilling of the contents of the container during transportation.;

Various slight changes might be made, in the general form and arrangement of' the.

parts describedvvithout departing from the y limitfmyself to the 'preciese details set'forth Y spirit of the invention, and hence Ido not but consider myself'at liberty to make such changes andQalterations as fairly fall within'v the spiritY ofthe invention and What isV claimedwiszP-r i 'i i I 1.,;A cover for milk containers and like', compr-isinga tapered hollowwportion vrterminatingfin jan annular Aflange, said* 'Y taperedV hollow portion; being crimped at ftheV scopel'of p e *eef A diametrical'lyopposite .points to provide? channels onpassages, and ani open ended and perforated tubular Amember ,extending diametrically across said cover with its,`

open ends in aligniiientl with the diametri?.v

.Y Y, e0. larportion 15 extends. to a point'slightly w cally opposed crimped` portions and cornmunioating therewith. Y

2. 1n a Cover for containers, a diametri@- aliy and horlzonally disposed perforated tubular membensaid. perforatiohs being in .Q b

he upper portion thereof, and a plurality of zur passages formed by crimping Jche cover of the interior of the container. Y

GEORGE fr; Momie. 

